שאל
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: שאַל
Aramaic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From root ש-א-ל.
Verb
[edit]שאל • (transliteration needed)
Related terms
[edit]Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Root |
---|
שׁ־א־ל (sh-ʾ-l) |
Compare Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala), Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]שָׁאַל • (sha'ál) (pa'al construction, future יִשְׁאַל, passive participle שָׁאוּל, passive counterpart נִשְׁאַל)
Usage notes
[edit]- (ask): Unlike English ask, Hebrew שָׁאַל is not usually used in the sense of “request”; for that, ביקש / בִּקֵּשׁ (bikésh, “ask for, request”) is used.
- (borrow): Unlike English borrow, Hebrew שָׁאַל is not used with loans that are not returned exactly, such as money (since one does not return the same money that one borrows, as in the same bills or coins or the like, but rather an equivalent amount of money); for that, הלווה / הִלְוָה (hilvá, “borrow (money, etc.)”) is used.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of שָׁאַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms |
| ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
finite forms | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | שָׁאַלְתִּי | שָׁאַלְנוּ | ||
second | שָׁאַלְתָּ | שָׁאַלְתְּ | שְׁאַלְתֶּם1 | שְׁאַלְתֶּן1 | |
third | שָׁאַל | שָׁאֲלָה | שָׁאֲלוּ | ||
present | שׁוֹאֵל | שׁוֹאֶלֶת | שׁוֹאֲלִים | שׁוֹאֲלוֹת | |
future | first | אֶשְׁאַל | נִשְׁאַל | ||
second | תִּשְׁאַל | תִּשְׁאֲלִי | תִּשְׁאֲלוּ | תִּשְׁאַלְנָה2 | |
third | יִשְׁאַל | תִּשְׁאַל | יִשְׁאֲלוּ | תִּשְׁאַלְנָה2 | |
imperative | שְׁאַל | שַׁאֲלִי | שַׁאֲלוּ | שְׁאַלְנָה2 | |
notes |
|
Derived terms
[edit]- שָׁאַל אֶת עַצְמוֹ (sha'ál et atsmó)
- שְׁאַל בְּנִי וַנַּעַן (sh'al b'ni vaná'an)
Related terms
[edit]Yiddish
[edit]Noun
[edit]שאל • (shal) f, plural שאלן (shaln), diminutive שאליקל (shalikl)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of שאַל (shal).